Well. Since he was CEO of Nintendo of America, which was a pretty important role in of itself, that clearly shows that he has experience.
And now that he's head of the BIG one, Nintendo of Japan, I expect some positive changes in regards to Nintendo's treatment towards America.

Mario Party, Metroid Prime, and Pokemon, huh? Alright, then.
Personally, I was expecting someone younger, but I'm willing to give this man a chance.
We won't really see how well he does as the new president until about 1, maybe 2 years time. Since right now, Nintendo is focusing on bringing the last gifts and wishes of Mr. Iwata, (NX, QoL, mobile, etc.)

As a long time Nintendo fan, welcome aboard Mr. Kimishima.
Best of luck, and don't screw us over! :D

Who knows? Maybe he kills it in front of the camera. Pictures available from him aren't that convincing though.

Nah, I'm saying make it better. Lately NoA has been slacking in pretty much everything. Almost didn't get Xenoblade and the other major Wii RPGs, our Club Nintendo rewards weren't nearly as good as our Japanese/European counterparts, we're getting things like the New 3DS (standard size) much later than the rest of the world for no reason (the "there's too mant DS models on the market right now" excuse wasn't convincing anyone), and many more things. Nintendo of America really needs to be fixed XD

I remember those demands for localizations of games as well.

It would feel like Nintendo's approach was don;t forget the West, but secure Japan and don't let it go.

The picture in the OP made me think that he was trhe boss of the Nintendo Ninjas. He looks a bit menacing, don't you think?

In any case, I'll wait until we see him in an interview or conference/Direct and how Nintendo manages the launch of NX before making any judgement.

Ahaha, oh god, that's terrible, but I sort of want to see that alternate future now! XD

Maybe, but even so, he's kind of close to retirement age already, so it feels like a transitional, stabilizing thing to me.

Well they'll just give him some tropical fruit and it all will be fine!

Hentai games is a untapped market for Nintendo. lol

Maybe one of the guys at the Board of Directors didn't have the votes so opted for a temporary president until he gets them.

Or maybe they sincerely believe he was the best option.

I don't know if retirement is obligatory after certain age, but if it isn't then he could have a long career judging by longetivity in Japan:

https://www.google.com.pr/search?q=Worlds+oldest+man+Japan&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=m4P2VbTQGoS0ePCUn_AK#q=World%27s+oldest+man+Japan

http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2015/08/24/112-year-old-japanese-certified-as-worlds-oldest-man/

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32142212

He contributed to MP games until 8, eh?

First thing I want him to do is that he should fire the people that made 9-10, get rid of those stupid car and mini-stars gimmicks, and bring back the old-fashioned formula that made MP originally fun.

In all seriousness though, I hope he does good things to Nintendo in the future. I was a bit concerned as of late since it's been 2 months lol.

Face Palm.

You don't even know the reason why Mario Party started to decline?

Nd Cube is doing somewhat okay job for Mario Party 9 and Mario Party 10 after KONAMI. yes KONAMI of all company pretty much ended the development team of MP8

It is shame that Nintendo didn't took developers with them.

Face Palm

I was being facetious.

also MP8 and DS the highest selling Mario Parties in the series?...